Romney: I Was Right About Russia

Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney appeared to take a measure of pleasure on Sunday in criticizing his 2012 opponent, President Barack Obama, for failing to prevent the unfolding conflict in Crimea and Ukraine.

In his presidential campaign, Mr. Romney called Russia the U.S.’s greatest geopolitical foe, a comment Mr. Obama ridiculed during one of their debates.

“A few months ago, when you were asked what’s the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia. Not al Qaeda; you said Russia,” the president said. “The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because, you know, the Cold War’s been over for 20 years.”

On Sunday, Mr. Romney said that Russia, while not an “enemy,” was an “adversary” and that Mr. Obama had not done enough to respond to it.